Why does the ride have to actually be on your birthday? Mine is in the beginning of May, which means that the snow is just barely gone but that I haven't had time to get in shape.


But the idea is that a ride of a given length becomes harder (and hence more admirable) as one gets older, correct?
So if one does, say, a 63-mile ride at the age of 63 years and 5 months, isn't that more admirable than doing so at the age of exactly 63 years?


This is important, because I keep wanting people to admire me for something and not succeeding.

One of the reasons I picked up a bike that was made the year I was born was that I wanted to ride my age on an age appropriate bike!

^ hmm, I like that challenge, particularly because it would mean picking up a new bike just about every year!

Bikemig, please stop enabling Neal.

Beautiful machine, bet it rides great.

In the Autumn I do a long fixed gear ride w/ an old teammate that coincides w/ both our birthdays.
This year the route is ~75 miles, the last ride was ~100.

Gulf coast seafood and Shiner bock are post ride traditions.

-Bandera

Every day you are late for your birthday ride adds another mile to your required distance.

I'm impressed with how well the Olmo gran sport rides. There's a lot to be said for the geometry of old school racing bikes. The parts are almost entirely original with the bike as well and they work pretty well all things considered. I'm sorely tempted to change out some of the parts and put the old ones away in a box to get better gearing.

I'm impressed you're riding centuries on a fixie in the hill country!

I like your plan on stopping for good food and beer after a ride. No seafood here in the midwest but a local brewhouse is always a good way to finish up a ride.

Something tells me that Neal doesn't need much enabling!

BF is the wrong place to hang out if you're worried about being led down the N + 1 path of bicycle temptation.

I have done this the past few years. This year I went for 60 km and was feeling great at 40k so I extended it to 60m and made a wrong turn and ended up doing double in Km at 120km

Did ride my age of 70 in Colorado in January a couple years ago. It was an unusually warm 64 degrees so I went for it...70.4 miles. Worst part was the shorter daylight. Haven't done since.